Velvet. If you hate on it, it's just because you don't know how to wear it. Silk velvet I pretty much love more than life itself, and I have some amazing late 19th c/first half of the 20th c velvet pieces that I love to break out come fall and winter. I'm delighted that there's so much new velvet stuff to choose from this season.

Let me comment quickly before getting to the main point of this post... that whole outfit in Post #87 is spectacular. Love everything about that look.

I guess I'm nowadays drawn to sandal boots (which I've discussed in my blog before. Especially in the case of thong booties, they are more like the anti flip-flop, offering more of a shoe-like touch. I'm okay with sandal boots nowadays. They are more like wanting to wear sandals while also enjoying shoes. Most sandal boots aren't all that bad to me.